Photo Management with Laravel — Save in Database

In this tutorial, you will save the photos in database.

Setup

As I mentioned, you always can jump into any topic in this series. The setup instructions are at README.

Once your setup is done, let’s get it started.

First thing first, you need a database.

Setup database

Create a database if you don’t have it yet, and configure it in your application.

// .env
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=photo-management
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

Next, create a table.

Create photos table

You create a Photo model and a migration file by executing artisan command make:model with -m option.

// Terminal
php artisan make:model Photo -m
Model created successfully.
Created Migration: 2017_09_28_144426_create_photos_table

Then, add a field in the photos table.

// database/migrations/2017_09_28_144426_create_photos_table.php
public function up()
{
    Schema::create('photos', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('path');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

Run migration.

// Terminal
php artisan migrate

Next, save in database.

Save in database

You save a new Photo model after the uploaded photo stored in the storage folder.

// app/Http/Controllers/PhotoController.php
public function store(UploadPhotoRequest $request)
{
    foreach ($request->file('photo.*') as $key => $file) {
        $extension = $file->extension();
        $path = $file->storeAs('images', "my_photo.$key.$extension");

        $photo = new Photo();
        $photo->path = $path;
        $photo->save();
    }

    return view('success');
}

YouTube version

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What’s next

Next tutorial will be talking about displaying the photos.

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Originally published at I Teach You How To Code.